Mark 8:3

3 If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance.”

Mark 8:3 in Other Translations

3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

3 And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from far away."

3 If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a long distance.”

3 If I send them home hungry, they'll faint along the way - some of them have come a long distance."

3 If I send them home famished, they will collapse on the way, and some of them have come a long distance."

Mark 8:3 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 8:3

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses
Greek, "to their own house", or home; but all the Oriental versions render it as we do, in the plural, "their own houses", or habitations; and it seems from hence that they were now tasting, and at least had had no food all that day, whatever they might have the day before, which it not certain.

They will faint by the way;
for want of food their strength will be exhausted, their animal spirits will fail, their nerves will be loosened, they will not be able to perform their journey, or get to the end of it:

for divers of them came from far;
perhaps some had followed him from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, from whence he came last; and others from Decapolis, through the midst of the borders of which he passed hither; and others from different parts, who had heard of his coming; (See Gill on Matthew 15:32).

Mark 8:3 In-Context

1 During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said,

2 “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat.

3 If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance.”

4 His disciples answered, “But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them?”

5 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.